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they want a two-year deal because no one wants to keep running on this stuff. and most importantly, to president obama, he has a state of the union and an inauguration speech to give. he wants to work on his legacy, not on this. >> so what -- you just said that the republicans really did just play right into the hands of the democrats. is that what you said? >> well, i think they fumbled the ball a little bit in their negotiations. i think, for example, even the optics of it, having president obama back in washington today, and having congress still out, is not the right message to end. people right now feel that the republicans are the party of no, that they are the ones causing this, they are going to get blamed. the fact of the matter is, is that they are doing the fiscal responsible thing here and that's where they can hang their hat. is that they have to hold on for deficit spending, and they still have the debt ceiling to hold in their back pocket if they need to. >> so what would, if you had been advising boehner, what would you advise him to say yes to?
they want a two-year deal because no one wants to keep running on this stuff. and most importantly, to president obama, he has a state of the union and an inauguration speech to give. he wants to work on his legacy, not on this. >> so what -- you just said that the republicans really did just play right into the hands of the democrats. is that what you said? >> well, i think they fumbled the ball a little bit in their negotiations. i think, for example, even the optics of it, having...
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look, the reason the numbers have gotten so much better for obama in terms of who is the best deal for the economy, whoever thought that would be even at this point. is simply because people think the president cares about them and they don't think that about mitt romney. >> incompetent doesn't help. >> we really have gained 4 million jobs, i grant you from the down -- >> no business experience in his administration, doesn't seem to be private-sector oriented, more interested in governments a solution. >> the health care bill is -- i know the republicans call it a government takeover, it's nonsense. what happened in the health care bill is they cemented the future of health care inside the private sector. which is exactly what mitt romney did in massachusetts. >> baby steps. >> well, it is baby steps. i would agree baby steps. but to a single payer. >> when they say i'm out of here -- >> as a result of this bill, the private sector will have to figure out -- >> if you're going to argue with that, i'm not going to let you talk. say something to howard. bury howard. >> yes. yeah. >> you'
look, the reason the numbers have gotten so much better for obama in terms of who is the best deal for the economy, whoever thought that would be even at this point. is simply because people think the president cares about them and they don't think that about mitt romney. >> incompetent doesn't help. >> we really have gained 4 million jobs, i grant you from the down -- >> no business experience in his administration, doesn't seem to be private-sector oriented, more interested...
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how do you deal as with the obama administration, how do you deal with people in would look you straight in the face and say we don't want to produce another natural gas because of the sand dune. >> i think it's good to produce more but joe you have to give the environmental community something here. >> i like clean air and clean water. >> but here is the point because it's been a striking four years. obama administration did more to encourage offshore drilling than certainly any democratic administration had before and then you had bp. >> we would never -- >> then we were supportive of nuclear power and then we had fukushima. so i think that the better part of valor here is being careful. of course the right pulse is to maximize our resources, but it's not, we've had these examples where we did it per pet usely. >> there's a difference between ground water and fracking and whether we build hydrostructure based on client change. he has to deal with those people. >> the big mistake people make is they treat all fossil fuels the same. the greatest potential thing that we have over the next
how do you deal as with the obama administration, how do you deal with people in would look you straight in the face and say we don't want to produce another natural gas because of the sand dune. >> i think it's good to produce more but joe you have to give the environmental community something here. >> i like clean air and clean water. >> but here is the point because it's been a striking four years. obama administration did more to encourage offshore drilling than certainly...
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in an exclusive interview with barbara walters of abc news, president obama says he still expects a deal before the end of the year. >> i remain optimistic that there are enough people of goodwill in this town that recognize our economy will be much better off. american families will be much better off if we get this done. the most important thing we can do is make sure that middle-class taxes do not go up on january 1. and i'm pretty confident that republicans would not hold middle-class taxes hostage to try to protect tax cuts for high-income individuals. >> prediction -- are you going to be able to raise taxes, yes or no? >> oh -- taxes are going to go up one way or the other. >> they are? >> i think the key is to make sure that taxes go up on high-end individuals like you and me, barbara. we can afford it. >> you can see the rest of that interview on "20/20" this friday. >>> markets are watching every move out of washington. the industrials opened higher by 45. the nasdaq would open higher by 10. the s&p 500 would open higher by six. >>> and the fed wrapping up its two-day meeting th
in an exclusive interview with barbara walters of abc news, president obama says he still expects a deal before the end of the year. >> i remain optimistic that there are enough people of goodwill in this town that recognize our economy will be much better off. american families will be much better off if we get this done. the most important thing we can do is make sure that middle-class taxes do not go up on january 1. and i'm pretty confident that republicans would not hold middle-class...
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nobody should sign a bad deal, not obama, not boehner, because of an imaginary deadline. it can be moved weeks out. months out. two years ago. obama personally moved it out two years. because he didn't want to raise taxes and damage the economy. because he said the economy was weak. the economy is not strong now. so the argument to raise taxes now is not any better than it was two years ago. i think there's a real danger that we're going to end up with some damaging tax increases and nothing to show for it. >> the economy may or may not be stronger but we are also staring down a situation where we have seen a $5 trillion deficit that's built up over the last four years. there are some republicans who think, yes, we are going to have to do something, spending cuts is the biggest part of that, but they also think that you're going to have to raise revenue. again, do you think it's a bad thing if they vote with their conscience, even if it's something that goes against your pledge? >> it's not my pledge. it's the pledge that congressmen and senators take to their voters when
nobody should sign a bad deal, not obama, not boehner, because of an imaginary deadline. it can be moved weeks out. months out. two years ago. obama personally moved it out two years. because he didn't want to raise taxes and damage the economy. because he said the economy was weak. the economy is not strong now. so the argument to raise taxes now is not any better than it was two years ago. i think there's a real danger that we're going to end up with some damaging tax increases and nothing to...
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that there is a prospect for a deal. the question is going to be what does the white house give john boehner, offer john boehner in terms of entitlement cuts that he can use to bring along his caucus? it's pretty clear from the cracks in republican ranks, becky, that republicans are going to give ground on tax rates for some group of wealthier americans, maybe half million dollar incomes, maybe million dollar incomes. but boehner to the speaker to bring along his caucus has to say here are the spending concessions that i want and i think that's what this set of conversations is about. >> john, it was interesting to hear it from senator corker saying, yeah, we should hold the fight on spending. you about he did it on the assumption that you're going to have this debt ceiling crisis that comes up again and these concessions that come up in i guess february. the president in his initial offer laid out something that he had to say the debt ceiling would be part of that, too. would he have back down and say we could have this
that there is a prospect for a deal. the question is going to be what does the white house give john boehner, offer john boehner in terms of entitlement cuts that he can use to bring along his caucus? it's pretty clear from the cracks in republican ranks, becky, that republicans are going to give ground on tax rates for some group of wealthier americans, maybe half million dollar incomes, maybe million dollar incomes. but boehner to the speaker to bring along his caucus has to say here are the...